Re: [RFC] Unicode Escape Syntax

> On 25 Nov 2014, at 10:32, Derick Rethans <derick@php.net> wrote: > > On Mon, 24 Nov 2014, Sara Golemon wrote: > >> On the BMP versus SMP issue of \uXXXX styles, we addressed this in >> PHP6 by making \u denote 4 hexit BMP codepoints, while \U denoted six >> hexit codepoints. e.g. "\u1234" === "\U001234" I'd rather >> follow this style than making \u special and different from hex and >> octal notations by using braces. > > I agree with this fully. No need to reinvent a wheel (that we left > behind on the road)… The \u{} style has its advantages, like not being case-sensitive and being clearly delimited, though. Plus, PHP 6 is dead, and non-BMP code points are more important than ever. -- Andrea Faulds http://ajf.me/